I'm writing this from my phone since my house no longer has power... The hurricane itself wasn't very strong, but the water surge it pulled in was absolutely terrible. It's simply horrible in the city right now... Lower manhattan and Brooklyn is out of power... There was apparently an explosion at ConEd. Flooding in at least 7 stations. It's going to take a week for everything to get running again, never mind a complete recovery.

I'm scared for my family and friends. I'm okay however... I just hope we get power back soon... There's branches and whatever all lying around...

I'm at a loss for words... I'm actually a bit grief struck. I guess... Everything is okay here. But everywhere else, there's flooding, fetid water, explosions... //sigh// I'm lucky...